Zandronum

Okay people, these are your basic needs, if you want to get into making modifications for Zandronum.

- The ZDoom Wiki - This is your best friend. Use it well. Below are some quick links if you're too lazy to search.

• http://zdoom.org/wiki/Slope - Slope usage
• http://zdoom.org/wiki/Stacked_sectors - Stacked sectors AKA look-only portals between two sectors
  • Note: Zandronum does not support defining portals via linedef specials!
• http://zdoom.org/wiki/ACS - ACS hub page
  • http://zdoom.org/wiki/Built-in_ACS_functions - ACS functions, ACS-only (obviously enough)
• http://zdoom.org/wiki/DECORATE - DECORATE hub page
  • http://zdoom.org/wiki/Action_functions - Action functions, DECORATE-only
  • http://zdoom.org/wiki/Actor_flags - List of actor flags
  • http://zdoom.org/wiki/Actor_properties - List of actor properties
• http://zdoom.org/wiki/3D_middle_texture - 3dmidtex usage
• http://zdoom.org/wiki/Sector_specials - Sector specials
• http://zdoom.org/wiki/Action_specials - Action specials, can be used via DECORATE, ACS, and linedefs
• http://zdoom.org/wiki/Classes - Class lists
  • http://zdoom.org/wiki/Classes:Doom - Doom II classes
  • http://zdoom.org/wiki/Classes:ZDoom - ZDoom-specific classes
  • http://zdoom.org/wiki/Classes:Skulltag - Zandronum-specific classes

- Zandronum Wiki - Zandronum-specific features are documented here.

Map creating tools:

- Doom Builder 1 - There still are people who use the first one.

• Older Doom Builder 1

- Doom Builder 2 - The most used map creator around.

• Stair Sector Builder

• Statistics

• Tag Range

For more information on the plug-ins click this link.

WAD/PK3 editing tools:

- SLADE 3 - Best WAD/PK3 editor around (It's basically SlumpEd & XWE together and a lot more).

• PNGout

• PNGCrush

• DeflOpt

(PNGout, PNGCrush and DeflOpt are PNG optimizers for SLADE 3)

- SlumpEd
- eXtendable Wad Editor (XWE)

(I've put these here too, just in case.)

Image editing tools:

- GIMP - A free alternative to Photoshop.

- Paint.NET - Another alternative, it resembles Windows Paint, but is more advanced.

Sound editing/creation tools:

- Audacity

ACS Compilers:

- ACC ACS Compiler 1.55 (Windows)

SVN Builds (Warning!! Use them at your own risk!):

- Doom Builder 2 SVN
- SLADE 3 SVN
- ACC ACS Compiler SVN

Doom Builder 2 Configurations:

Coming soon.

Also the Editing sub-forum is here, so if you're having trouble with stuff, then feel free to create a thread or go to our editing channel #zamapping and request help there.

If you have any useful links, then please post them in this thread. I'll try to update this with more stuff later.

Very useful and easy to do/use.

I have a Dropbox mirror of DoomBuilder 1.66 in case anyone finds 1.68's changes too cumbersome: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9403129/Doom/d ... der166.zip

iirc, Doombuilder 2 is slow on my pc, I should Try DB 1 soon :/

Also you might want to add that XWE is very outdated and SlumpEd too.

You might like 1.66, that's what I used on my laptop. (Hell, I think I even remember using an older version on my old Pentium 1 PC years back)

Image editing programs:
GIMP - A free alternative to Photoshop.

Paint.NET - Another alternative, it resembles Windows Paint, but is more advanced.

Updated! Thanks guys.

Also, how about
Audacity - Usesful for Audio Editing and stuff.

Lol Twister.

SRSLY, Does NOBODY edit audio files around here? What about Audacity



LOL beat me to it

Updated again.

Please, Goldwave > Audacity.

not all of us are rich

Links for SLADE 3's PNG optimization tools:

PNGout

PNGCrush

DeflOpt

Updated!

Modded ScriptPNG that doesn't erase the grAb chunk you use for offsets. (Source)

How to use: Select your files (CTRL+Drag, Shift+Click, whatever.), drop them onto ScriptPNG.cmd

It's a quite hefty bruteforce optimizer, so don't use it for files above 256x256, unless you feel like waiting quite a while.

There's also Color Quantizer for whacking your nice and colorful image into a 8-bit PNG.
Protip: Use the mask for bits you just can't get to look right tweaking with the two bars. (Usually you'd keep the top one around 122, and the bottom one at 6-10)

To increase the priority of the masked bits (it supports variable levels of such, so apply the new "denser" mask to the spot you want it to prioritize) click on the black circle to the right of the mask icon.
If you guys want, I can more or less give a (somewhat poor) description of what the two bars do. (Only based off experience with them.)

FL Studio 10: Free Edition is a good choice for editing sounds or creating MIDI music for the game.

It includes tutorials and even basic templates to get you going on the right track.

Oh yeah, almost forgot;
Have a speedy AoTuV commandline ogg encoder. (Protip: -q 0.5-1.35)

GZdoom Builber is tool for map editing and creating 3D Slopes or floors posible to see just a slope, dynamic light, alpha (transparency).

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MIDI SoundFont for SLADE 3:

Roland Sound Canvas (Tuned)